A Bite of China

Episode review

The Story Of Staple Foods

S1E2 · 主食的故事 zhǔshí de gùshì

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4.57 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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聪明睿智 聰明睿智 cōng míng ruì zhì 聪: intelligent, clever, bright · 明: bright, light, brilliant; clear · 睿: shrewd, astute, clever, keen · 智: wisdom, knowledge, intelligence ∼HSK 6
杂粮 雜糧 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat ∼HSK 6
自足 自足 zì zú self-sufficient; satisfied with oneself ∼HSK 6
碳水化合物 碳水化合物 tàn shuǐ huà hé wù carbohydrate ∼HSK 6
原产 原產 yuán chǎn original production; native to (of species) ∼HSK 6
火坑 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire; fig. living hell ∼HSK 6
木制 木製 mù zhì wooden ∼HSK 6
脱壳 脫殼 tuō ké to break out of an eggshell; to molt; to remove the husk; to shell ∼HSK 6
置办 置辦 zhì bàn to purchase; to buy ∼HSK 6
娘家 孃家 niáng jiā wife's family (before marriage) ∼HSK 6
集市 集市 jí shì market; bazaar; fair ∼HSK 6
一日三餐 一日三餐 yī rì sān cān to have three meals a day ∼HSK 6
废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water; drain water; effluent ∼HSK 6
作坊 作坊 zuō fang workshop (of artisan) ∼HSK 6
洁白 潔白 jié bái spotlessly white; pure white ∼HSK 6
余温 餘溫 yú wēn residual heat; remaining warmth; (fig.) lingering enthusiasm ∼HSK 6
雾气 霧氣 wù qì fog; mist; vapor ∼HSK 6
春耕 春耕 chūn gēng to plow a field in the spring ∼HSK 6
稻子 稻子 dào zi rice (crop); unhulled rice ∼HSK 6
秧苗 秧苗 yāng miáo seedling; (esp.) rice seedling ∼HSK 6
河粉 河粉 hé fěn hor fun, a type of wide, flat rice noodle ∼HSK 6
直爽 直爽 zhí shuǎng straightforward; outspoken ∼HSK 6
绝妙 絕妙 jué miào exquisite ∼HSK 6
滚烫 滾燙 gǔn tàng boiling hot ∼HSK 6
扑鼻 撲鼻 pū bí to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors) ∼HSK 6
绝佳 絕佳 jué jiā exceptionally good ∼HSK 6
汤汁 湯汁 tāng zhī soup; broth ∼HSK 6
清爽 清爽 qīng shuǎng fresh and cool; relaxed ∼HSK 6
白净 白淨 bái jìng (of skin) fair and clear ∼HSK 6
灰水 灰水 huī shuǐ gray water ∼HSK 6
爽脆 爽脆 shuǎng cuì sharp and clear; frank; straightfoward; quick; brisk; crisp and tasty ∼HSK 6
虾子 蝦子 xiā zǐ shrimp roe; shrimp eggs ∼HSK 6
云吞 雲吞 yún tūn wonton ∼HSK 6
沿路 沿路 yán lù along the way; on the way; area beside a road ∼HSK 6
擀面杖 擀麵杖 gǎn miàn zhàng rolling pin ∼HSK 6
宴席 宴席 yàn xí banquet; feast ∼HSK 6
谐音 諧音 xié yīn homonym; homophone; harmonic (component of sound) ∼HSK 6
长命百岁 長命百歲 cháng mìng bǎi suì 长: long; length; excel in; leader · 命: life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction · 百: one hundred; numerous, many · 岁: year; age; harvest ∼HSK 6
配料 配料 pèi liào ingredients (in a cooking recipe); to mix materials according to directions ∼HSK 6
蒜苗 蒜苗 suàn miáo garlic shoot; garlic sprouts ∼HSK 6
勃发 勃發 bó fā to sprout up; to flourish; (of war etc) to break out; rapid growth ∼HSK 6
绝伦 絕倫 jué lún outstanding; peerless; beyond compare ∼HSK 6
粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary; barn; fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) ∼HSK 6
农耕 農耕 nóng gēng farming; agriculture ∼HSK 6
局限于 局限於 jú xiàn yú to be limited to ∼HSK 6
曾祖 曾祖 zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather) ∼HSK 6
祖祖辈辈 祖祖輩輩 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations; from generation to generation ∼HSK 6
精米 精米 jīng mǐ refined rice ∼HSK 6
墨粉 墨粉 mò fěn toner (for a laser printer) ∼HSK 6
铺板 鋪板 pù bǎn bedboard ∼HSK 6